Patch birding is the best. You can get a real feel about trends and the movement of birds from the repeated study in one location.
And your own back yard can be your local patch! I've been enjoying the birds in our yard. Depending on the time of year, our yard attracts Painted and Indigo Buntings, Tufted Titmice, Great Crested Flycatchers, Eastern Phoebes, Common Ground and Mourning Doves, and more. A trio of Red-bellied Woodpeckers are regulars, loudly swooping in each time I refill the peanut feeders. Cardinals, chickadees, parulas, and gnatcatchers are also among our regular residents. Watching the antics and interactions of our feathered friends is a lot of fun.
This funny text slogan for birders likens patch birding to insanity. The full quote, shown here on a quarantine-appropriate adult beverage flask, reads:
PATCH BIRDING:
Visiting the same spot
over and over
hoping to find new birds.
Also known as
INSANITY.
This text slogan design is also available on t-shirts and other gifts for birders. Find some other gift option ideas below.
This design features the classic cut-out triangle eyes and nose of a carved Halloween pumpkin. The eyes and nose seem familiar, but there's something interesting going on with the pumpkin face's mouth -- it's a silhouette of a swift-type bird! This fun bird/jackolantern mashup design for Halloween is...
This is a cool pop art design featuring the face of a Barred Owl. The photo is shown four times in a checkerboard pattern, with the face on a black background contrasting with the image inverted.
Can you believe it's been over 15 years since the Ivory-billed Woodpecker went from being "probably extinct" to "rediscovered"? The species made headlines back in April 2005 when experts from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology reported the discovery of at least one male Ivory-billed Woodpecker in the Big Woods of Arkansas. In the following years, expeditions were mounted and volunteers sought definitive proof... which was never produced. In late 2021 and early 2022, the bird was in the headlines again... for the same reason. Still, difinitive proof is elusive, but there are still some that hold out hope that the Ivory-billed Woodpecker still lives in the wild. This continuing saga makes this species a Bird I'd Like to Find.
The Carolina Parakeet was once the only native parrot once found in parts of the United States. The range covered the eastern states into the Midwest and plains states. The Carolina Parakeet went extinct in 1918.
